7. Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
9. “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”
10. So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.
11. Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts:
12. Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.